Use of “natural” oils for moisturization: Review of olive, coconut, and sunflower seed oil

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 9-15

  Karagounis, Theodora K ^a   Gittler, Julia K ^b   Rotemberg, Veronica ^b   Morel, Kimberly D ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative therapies; atopic dermatitis; coconut oil; complementary therapies; eczema; olive oil; sunflower seed oil; therapy; topical

Indexed keywords

COCAMIDE DIETHANOLAMINE; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; COCONUT OIL; EMOLLIENT AGENT; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; PETROLATUM; SUNFLOWER OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MOISTURIZATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; PLANT OILS;

EID: 85052822259     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pde.13621     Document Type: Review

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